Andrew Bloeser, B.A., University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
Brian Harward, (chair),B.A., Gettysburg College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Georgia.
Shanna Kirschner, B.A., Carleton College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan. Middle East Politics; ethnic conflict; Civil War; International Institutions.
Shannan Mattiace, B.A., Central College; Ph.D., University of Texas (Austin). Comparative Politics (Latin America); social movements; indigenous politics; criminal violence and security; immigration policy; transitional justice.
Rebecca Oliver, B.S., Universite de Montreal; Ph.D. Northwestern University.
Sharon Wesoky, B.A., Brandeis University; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University. Chinese politics; transnationalism; gender politics and society.
Tarah Williams, B.A., Ph.D., The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. American politics, political psychology, public opinion, gender, race, voting behavior, research design, experimental research, public policy.
Faculty Emeriti:
Robert Seddig, A.B., Carleton College. M.A., Ph.D. Princeton University
Bruce Smith (In memoriam), B.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University. Political theory; politics and literature; American political thought.
Howard Tamashiro, B.A., University of Hawaii; Ph.D., Ohio State University
Selected Faculty Publications/Achievements
- Ley, Sandra, Shannan Mattiace, and Guillermo Trejo. 2019. Indigenous Resistance to Criminal Governance: Why Regional Ethnic Autonomy Institutions Protect Communities from Narco Rule in Mexico. Latin American Research Review
- Harry Frank Guggenheim award to support research on “Criminal Violence and Indigenous Resistance. Why Ethnic Autonomy Institutions Deter Drug Violence in Mexico”
- “25 Years of Feminist NGOs in China: Reflections on Neoliberalism and its Resistances”
- “The Partisan Electoral Effect of EU Structural and Investment Funds in French European Parliament Elections”
- The Sense of Injustice and the Origin of Modern Democracy
- Fulbright Core Award for teaching and research at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
- “Repurposing the Administrative State.”
- “Uncultured: Civil War and Cultural Policy”
- Not Just a Laughing Matter: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Political Humor in Modern China
- Railroads and American Political Development: Infrastructure, Federalism, and State Building
- Trust and Fear in Civil Wars: Ending Intrastate Conflicts
- “Politics at the local-global intersection: meanings of bentuhua and transnational feminism in China”
- “Congressional Response to Statements of Administration Policy and Presidential Signing Statements”
- The American Presidency in Times of Crisis
- “The Calculus of Co-sponsorship in the U.S. Senate”
- The Sage/Congressional Quarterly Press Award for Teaching Innovation